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How would one write a description of the house in a coherent chronological way using info from verifiable source, remaining true to its essence, if facts such as dates, residents, location, architecutural details be included (as they can and should be) without using language similar to the source? The synopsis, w/o synthesis, can stand as written. If not, then how can the material be written and be veriafiable? An example of this short paragragh would be greatly appreciated to demonstrate how that is possible. Thanks Djflem (talk) 21:18, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Please ask for clarification before restoring content when material is removed for copyright concerns. Wikipedia takes copyright matters quite seriously, and both a copyright clerk and another administrator have weighed in at Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 July 7 with opinions that this constitutes a concern. I agree.
While facts are not copyrightable, creative elements of presentation - including both structure and language - are. For an example of close paraphrasing, consider the following:

The original part of the house dates back to 1685. It was a one-room house. Over the years additional rooms were added. James Buckelew moved into the house in 1829 following his marriage. As his family size (he and his wife had six children) and prestige in the business community grew, Mr. Buckelew expanded the house to include the two-story front, which included, among other things, a wide center hallway, spacious double parlors and a wide, pillared verandah overlooking Lake Manalapan. Various other additions were made over the years, including the third story in the 1870s, so that today the house is a maze of twenty-three rooms, many closets, pantries, chimney nooks, and cubbyholes of various sizes and degrees of finish.

The article says:

The original part of the building, a one-room house, dates to 1685. Additions were added over the years. Following his marriage in 1829, James Buckelew, a prestigous businessman, moved into the house. As his family grew Buckelew expanded the house to include the two-story facade, a center hallway, double parlors, and the verandah overlooking Lake Manalapan. A third story was added in the 1870s so that the building has twenty-three rooms, many closets, pantries, chimney nooks, and cubbyholes of various sizes.

This passage follows closely both in language and organization of the original.
Wikipedia's copyright policies require that the content we take from non-free, aside from brief and clearly marked quotations, be rewritten from scratch. So that we can be sure it does not constitute a derivative work, this article should be rewritten in the temporary space that is now linked from the article's front. The essay Wikipedia:Close paraphrasing contains some suggestions for rewriting that may help avoid these issues. The article Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches, while about plagiarism rather than copyright concerns, also contains some suggestions for reusing material from sources that may be helpful, beginning under "Avoiding plagiarism".
There are a number of ways you could rewrite this text without following the language and organization of the original. For instance, you might start:

A single room at its creation in 1685, the residence expanded over following centuries to become the 23 room mansion it is today. The single-story structure became two during the ownership of James Buckelow, who took up residence with his new wife in 1829 and expanded the house to accommodate his growing family and reflect his community prestige....

Beyond taking information and restructuring it into a new creation, it is also very helpful to incorporate additional sources. While this often does require additional work on our part, it allows us to ensure that we are doing more than creating a derivative of our source.
Alternatively, if the material can be verified to be public domain or permission is provided, we can use the original text with proper attribution.
Please feel free to let me know at my talk page if you have any questions about this. The article will be revisited in about a week to see if it has been rewritten or if additional steps are needed. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 22:48, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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